OCC average daily loan value grows 31.6% YoY for February
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OCC average daily loan value grows 31.6% YoY for February 04 March 2024 US Reporter: Sophie Downes
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The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has recorded a 31.6 per cent year-on-year increase in average daily loan value for securities lending trades across its platform, generating US$157.8 billion for February.
Total securities lending transaction volumes cleared on the OCC platform have risen by 15.08 per cent YoYto 200,117 transactions for the same month.
Total volume for all futures and options cleared through the equity derivatives clearing organisation has risen 9.9 per cent YoY to 975.9 million contracts for February 2024.
Year-to-date average daily volume for all futures and options cleared on the platform through 2024 was 47.8 million contracts, up 3 per cent compared to YTD average daily volume through 2023.
OCC experienced a 23.5 per cent YoY hike in index options contracts for the month of February to 82.8 million. However, there was a 1.2 per cent YoY decline in cleared futures contracts to 4.3 million.
ETF options contracts cleared on OCC have grown 6.3 per cent YoY for February to 367.2 million. Equity options volumes have increased 10.8 per cent YoY to 521.5 million for February.
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